Colds and babies were both caused by germs which loved nothing so much as a mucous membrane. Auteur: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Copy Quote More from Kurt Vonnegut Jr. “The most heartbreakingly beautiful girl I ever hope to see” “Everything about life is a joke. Don't you know that?” “We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.” “When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is i…”